Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez: Champion Immigration Reform that Begins with the Expansion of DACA

We call on Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez to champion humane immigration reform that begins with the immediate expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to all undocumented people in this country.

Despite the promises of relief through immigration reform, it is estimated that approximately 4 million people will be unable to benefit from the pathway to citizenship in the Senate bill. Without relief and with the bill’s focus on interior and unprecedented border enforcement we will be seeing an even more unprecedented deportation program should this bill be sent to the president as written.

For this reason we call on Ms. Sanchez to do the following:

1.Call on President Obama to immediately expand the Deferred Action program to all undocumented people, including those that are low priority under prosecutorial discretion that are currently in detention and those that have already been deported.

2.Take a public stance in support of ending all continued expansion of interior enforcement which makes communities less safe and leads to racial profiling. This includes committing to voting against the proposed SAFE Act.

I call on you to champion humane immigration reform that begins with the immediate expansion of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program to all undocumented people in this country.

Despite the promises of relief through immigration reform, it is estimated that approximately 4 million people will be unable to benefit from the pathway to citizenship in the Senate bill. Without relief and with the bill’s focus on interior and unprecedented border enforcement we will be seeing an even more unprecedented deportation program should this bill be sent to the president as written.

For this reason we call on you to do the following:

1. Call on President Obama to immediately expand the Deferred Action program to all undocumented people, including those that are low priority under prosecutorial discretion that are currently in detention and those that have already been deported.

2. Take a public stance in support of ending all continued expansion of interior enforcement which makes communities less safe and leads to racial profiling. This includes committing to voting against the proposed SAFE Act.